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John McPhaul: It is. 1 2 Kevin Hornik: Thank you. So, unless the board has any questions for Mr. McPhaul, I will ask Mr. Tilson to come 3 on back up here, and we can move on to the next criteria. 4 5 Leon Meyers: Board members, questions for Mr. McPhaul? Thank you, sir. 6 7 Kevin Hornik: All right, James, come on up. Moving right along, you'll see on the screen, this is your next review 8 criteria, and this one states the location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan 9 submitted, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located, and the use is in compliance 10 with the plan for the physical development of the county as embodied in these regulations, being the 11 UDO, or in the comprehensive plan, or a portion thereof adopted by the Board of County 12 Commissioners. So, first I'll point out, and I think that county staff alluded to this, or there might have 13 been direct testimony on this point, but the subject property is zoned AR. The UDO specifically 14 permits this use in the AR district provided that the applicant qualifies for a special-use permit. And 15 so that on its face is indicative of the fact that this use, again, provided that all of the other review 16 criteria are met, is in harmony with the UDO itself. I'll ask Mr. Tilson, can you tell us a little bit about 17 the character of the surrounding area, the surrounding properties? 18 19 James Tilson: Sure. We are surrounded by many trees. It's a fully wooded property, and the surrounding properties 20 tend to either be fully wooded or to be agricultural fields. 21 22 Kevin Hornik: And your proposed use of the subject property will not encompass the entire property. Is that 23 correct? In other words, your use will be located on a relatively small portion of the subject property 24 at large. 25 26 James Tilson: That's correct. We're applying for the special-use permit to apply to the entirety for the possibility 27 that we could walk on other areas of the property with dogs, but most of the business, in fact, will be 28 conducted off site. I've been running this business since 2012. We do group pack hikes in nature 29 areas, and I've never owned land. I've always lived in apartments. I've always been building towards 30 this, but I've always run the business this way that we are a mobile company. I go around and pick 31 the dogs up myself, so we won't be generating extra traffic to the land. And many of those adventure 32 walk hikes will be conducted off site in public parks, and the small portion of the business that is 33 conducted on the land will be in an area of less than an acre close to the dog den. 34 35 Kevin Hornik: And the remainder of the subject property will remain in its natural vegetated state. Is that correct? 36 37 James Tilson: Exactly. We will not disturb any other vegetation other than what we're clearing for this building. 38 39 Kevin Hornik: And so, in your opinion, and based on your personal knowledge of the surrounding area, as well as 40 your proposed use and site plan for this particular use, aside from the approximately 1-acre area 41 that you'll clear for this use, the remainder of the site will be effectively identical to and in harmony 42 with the general character of the surrounding area. Is that correct? 43 44 James Tilson: Correct. It will remain fully wooded. 45 46 Kevin Hornik: All right. And then with respect to compliance with the county's comprehensive plan, I think that the 47 agenda package on Pages 84 through 85 discuss this proposed use's compliance with the 2030 48 Comprehensive Plan. And staff can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that it is their conclusion 49 that this proposed use is generally in compliance with or conformance with the county's 2030 50 9